Package for laundered or other articles



llnrrnn STATES PATENT Dritten.

WARREN E. LOOKE, OKF S'OMRVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKAGE EoR LAUNDE'REpfoR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,587, dated August24, 1897. Application led October 21, 1896iI 1Seria] No; 609,496. (N0model.)

To all whom .it may concern:

Be it known that l, WARREN E. LOCKE, of i Somerville, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inPackages for Laundered or other Articles, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecication, like letters and figures on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention has forits object to construct a package orcaseespecially adapted for holdingshirts, collars, cuffs, cbc., it beingdesigned and intended for use in carrying such articles to and from thelaundry, or it may be used by haberdashers and others in deliveringtheir goods.

The invention consists, essentially, in a package having a latrand moreor less rigid central section of suitable size and shape and severalfolding-in flapsV projecting therefrom in different directionswas, forinstance, there may be two such folding-in fiaps arranged at oppositeends of said central section, which may be turned over or foldedinwardly andV caused to lap over or upon one another` and there may betwo other folding-in flaps' arranged at the opposite sides of saidcentral section between the aforesaid folding-in aps, which may likewisebe turned inward and caused to lap over or upon one another. order thatthe folding-in flaps may possess sufcient rigidity to prevent beingeasily crushed in, they are corrugated transversely,

and when said transversely-cornigated tiapsV Figure l shows in plan viewa package forshirts, collars and cuffs, and other articles embodyingthis invention, it being laid out fiat preparatory to having thearticles placed therein; Fig.,2, a cross-section of the package shown inFig. l, taken on the dotted line 2 2; and Fig. 3, a cross-section of thepacklnY age with its flaps folded in as they will appear in use. g

' Thepackage consists, essentially, of two pieces or strips ofpasteboard or strawboard 'orfsimilar material, each formed with acentral fiat portion CAL and with regularly-corrugated endsl b b, thecorrugations being arranged transversely, as shown. These two pieces orstrips of material are placed one upon the other at right angles withrelation to each other', so that the two central portions c lie one uponthe other, and when in such position said parts are securely attachedtogether-as, for instance, they maybe attached at several points byeyelets 3. With the parts thus secured it ywill be seen that a iiatcentral rigid section is produced from which project two pairs oftransverselyfcorrugated flaps, which are adapted to be folded in uponany article whichmay be placed upon the central section. A strap cisattached at one end, as at c', to the central section, its opposite endYhavinga stud c2, which is adapted to enter any one of a series ofeyelets 4 which may be set into the central section as may be desiredaccording to the fullness of the package. When using the package, the4parts are laid vout. dat, as shown in Fig. l, and the articles willbecome engaged in such a manner as not to easily slip. Then the otherpair of corrugated liaps are folded in over and upon the aforesaid`flaps, and by reason of their transverse regular corrugations they willlikewise become locked in such a manner as not to easily slip, and thenthe strap c is carried around or about the package audits outer or freeend is secured to the under side'of the package. I

I prefer to make the essential parts of the package of pasteboard orstrawboard, as it will be understood that the entire package may be thuscheaply manufactured, but l do nct desire to so limit my invention.

By corrugating the flaps, as herein shown, it will be seen that they arelongitudinally leXible and transversely rigid, which is a feature ofimportance in this invention.

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I claim- 1. The package herein described consisting of a central sectionand several folding-in flaps, one pair of which at opposite sides ofSaid central section are formed or provided with correspondingtransverse corrugations, and means for holding the fiaps folded in,substantially as described.

2. The package herein described consisting of a central section andseveral folding-in iaps formed or provided with regular` transversecorrugations, and a strap attached at one end to said central sectionand provided at its other end with a stud and several sockets in thecentral section into any one of which said stud may be placed,substantially as described.

`3. The package herein described consisting of two pieces of materiallaid one upon the other at right angles with relation to each other, andmeans for attaching them together thereby presenting a central rigidsection and two pairs of folding-in Iiaps, means for holding saidfolding-in flaps in engagement with one another when folded in, and astrap attached at one end to said central section and adapted to becarried around the package and secured, to hold all the folding-in iiapsin engagement, substantially as de.

scribed.

4. The package herein described consisting of two pieces of materiallaid one upon the other at right angles with relation to each other,each formed of a flat central portion and transversely-corrugated ends,means for attaching said pieces together, thereby presenting a centralrigid section and two pairs of transversely-corrugated folding-in flaps,and means for holding said flaps when they are folded in and broughtinto engagement wi th each other, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARREN LOCKE. lVitnesses:

B. J. NOYES, L. M. GARBUTT.

